Artist: Andrew Jenkins
Author: traditional
Year: 1924
The story of Billy The Kid the outlaw by a blind Atlanta street singer, born in Jenkinsburg GA in 1885. Revivalist preacher borrowing from both Washington Phillips and Frank Hutchinson. See also Wild And Wreckless Hobo.
Covers:
Dock Boggs [other lyrics]
Woody Guthrie [as Danville Girl N°1 and N°2]
Cisco Houston [as The Gambler]
Dorsey Dixon [as Girl I Left In Danville]
Ry Cooder [as Good Morning Mr. Railroad Man]
New Danville Girl by Sam Shepard & Bob Dylan (Empire Burlesque outtake leading to Brownsville Girl on Knocked Out Loaded) is all their own song. Lyrics though were inspired by Doin' The Things That We Want To from Lou Reed's New Sensations album, with its first line: The other night we went to see Sam's play. Sam Shepard's that is.
If you noticed blunt omissions, mis-interpretations or even out-and-out errors,
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Arnold Rypens
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